Terri Lyne Carrington shares her remarkable story, beginning with her early immersion in jazz and her enrollment at Berklee at age 11. She recounts a pivotal childhood encounter with Buddy Rich, where her confidence earned her an invitation to play with his band. The conversation then shifts to the challenges of being a woman in jazz, discussing the impact of patriarchy and hyper-masculinity, and the extra burdens female musicians face. Carrington names Jack DeJohnette as her biggest mentor and reflects on her time on the Arsenio Hall Show. She also discusses her acclaimed 'Mosaic Project', which celebrates female jazz musicians, and her apprenticeship program designed to promote gender equity. The episode concludes with a discussion of her project reinterpreting Duke Ellington's 'Money Jungle' and a mutual exchange of admiration between the two drummers.